Obstacles

Informationen zum Autor Eloy Urroz (1967, New York City, New York) is a Mexican writer. He is currently a professor at The Citadel and College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. He graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1996. Along with Pedro Angel Palou, Ignacio Padilla, Ricardo Ch?vez Casta?eda, and Jorge Volpi wrote "The Crack Manifesto" urging Latin American writers to break with their countries' literary traditions. Klappentext One of the most remarkable books of contemporary Mexican literature, Zusammenfassung Ricardo is making himself sick over his obsession with the girl next door and Elias is hopelessly infatuated with a local prostitute. One lives in the bustle of Mexico City, the other in the quiet of a tiny Baja California town. They both find themselves in a world dominated by desire where "love begins to wither from the moment it takes root".

Product details

• Authors: Eloy Urroz
• Assisted by: Ezra Fitz (Translation)
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2006
• EAN: 9781564784278
• ISBN: 978-1-56478-427-8
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Latin American Literature Seri; Latin American Literature; Latin American Literature Seri; Latin American Literature Series
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature